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Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935
about Violetta Crossley Name: Violetta Crossley
Gender: Female
Age: 6
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867
Date of Arrival: 4 Jul 1873
Vessel: Polynesian
Search Ship Database: View the 'Polynesian' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Port of Arrival: Quebec, Quebec
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England; Londonderry, Ireland
Roll: C-4528



Travelling with the family

Here's Caroline;

1881 Census of Canada
about Caroline Crossley Name: Caroline Crossley
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Age: 39
Birth Year: 1842
Birthplace: England
Religion: Church of England
Nationality: ENGLAND (English)
Province: Ontario
District Number: 121
District: Hastings West
Sub-District Number: C
Subdistrict: Belleville
Division: 1
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas Brown 30
Mary Ann Brown 23
Patrick Brown 2
Margaret Brown 9/12
William Crossley 36
Caroline Crossley 39
Violetta Crossley 15 >>>>Bibteser on 1871
Elizabeth Crossley 13
Thomas Crossley 11
Arthur Crossley 9
William Crossley 7

Believe your BIBTESER daughter of CAROLINE & WILLIAM could be Violetta - born Barrow Upon Soar Q3 1865 (Ref 7A/128)?

This seems to be benjamins birth reg;

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
about Benjamin Pollard Blockley Name: Benjamin Pollard Blockley
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1842
Registration district: Barrow Upon Soar
Inferred County: Leicestershire
Volume: 15
Page: 32

Okay, I will feed info as I find as otherwise it might get a bit complicated with all the different people.

Your WILLIAM (b. 1835) is still alive in 1911 census. Interestingly he is still living at Watling Street, Mountsorrel which is the same road as him and the rest of the family lived in way back in the 1851 census. The 1911 census shows he is 76 years old, single and "totally blind"

Hi,
thanks so far, yes that's William. In one of the census I have it says he was blind from an accident at the stone pit.
margaret

Not finding the 1891 census for William yet.

1881 England Census
about William Blockley Name: William Blockley
Age: 42
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1839
Relation: Boarder
Gender: Male
Where born: Mountsorrel

Civil parish: Nottingham St Mary
County/Island: Nottinghamshire
Country: England

Street Address: 63 Portland Road
Education:

Employment status: View image
Occupation: Basket Maker

Registration district: Nottingham
Sub-registration district: Sherwood
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 3350
Folio: 23
Page Number: 40
Household Members: Name Age
Francis Lineker 35
Sophie Lineker 35
Francis Lineker 15
Thomas Lineker 12
William Blockley 42 >> Blind

1861 England Census
about William Blockley Name: William Blockley
Age: 26
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1835
Relation: Lodger
Gender: Male
Where born: Mount Pellon, Leicestershire, England

Civil parish: Sileby
County/Island: Leicestershire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage: View image

Registration district: Barrow Upon Soar
Sub-registration district: Barrow upon Soar
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 17
Piece: 2279
Folio: 88
Page Number: 3
Household Members: Name Age
William Burrow 38
Jane Burrow 38
Alice Burrow 16
Charles Burrow 88
Fredrick Glover 19
William Blockley 26 >> Blind

Hi,

The 1901 census for William states he's blind.

1911 England Census
about William Blockley Name: William Blockley
Age in 1911: 76
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1835
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, England
Civil parish: Mountsorrel
County/Island: Leicestershire
Country: England
Street Address: Mountsorrel
Marital Status: Single
Registration district: Barrow upon Soar
Registration District Number: 406
Sub-registration district: Quorndon
ED, institution, or vessel: 02
Piece: 19145
Household Members: Name Age
William Blockley 76

Sorry that's Hawkins and Blockley trees not Fowler.
Margaret

Hi,

I wonder if anyone can help me with some loose ends with this family please?

John Blockley b abt 1803 Mountsorrel Leicestershire. My 3rd G grandfather. I know about him.
Susannah Blockley nee Easom b 1811 Newtown Leicestershire My 3rd G grandmother. I know about her.

They had:

1. Emma Blockley b 1830 Mountsorrel d 1867 My 2nd G Grandmother. I know about her.

2. Caroline Blockley 1833 Mountsorrel. I find her in the 1851 and 61 and a marriage to I think William Crossley in 1864 in Leicester, then a census in 1871 in Islington with 4 children - Bibteser b1866 Mountsorrel (name must be wrong?), Elizabeth 1867 Islington, Thomas 1869 Lincolnshire and James 1870 Islington. After this 1871 census the trail goes cold for all of them.

3. William Blockley B abt 1835 Mountsorrel. I can find him in the 1851,71,01. In 01 he was still single. Cannot find the other census or death.

4. Benjamin Blockley b 1844 Mountsorrel. I am not sure if I am going wrong with this one as after his marriage he adds a middle name, Pollard, which does not appear before. Marries Mary Richardson and had 5 children. In 1881 he also has mother Susannah with him so must be the same.

5. Matthew Blockley b 1847 Mountsorrel. I only have 1851 for him.

I have 2 trees in Ancestry Fowlers and Blockley

Very grateful if some of the blanks can be filled in. Sorry it's so long.
Best wishes
Margaret